Seven more arrested over conspiracy to commit arson at another Jewish site

Suspects arrested within the past 48 hours over an alleged conspiracy to commit a further arson attack, although the specific target is not yet known

Police outside Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London
Police outside Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London

Seven more people have been arrested following a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London.

The Metropolitan Police said the suspects were arrested within the past 48 hours over an alleged conspiracy to commit a further arson attack, although the specific target is not yet known.

Since late March there have been arson attacks on Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green, two synagogues and a former Jewish charity, as well as an incident where a drone was flown near the Israeli embassy.

The latest arrests by detectives from Counter-Terrorism Policing London, saw three men aged 24, 25 and 26 held in Harpenden on Sunday, and on Monday a 25-year-old man arrested in Stevenage, as well as a 26-year-old man and two women aged 50 and 59 detained in a car near Birmingham.

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